I grew up in a pro-union family and joined the Social Service Employees Union as my first union after graduating from City College.  Over the years that followed, I was always active on my work location and in attending union events.

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I took part in strikes and work actions, but also the more common ordinary work of any union, informing members, being a link to the central union and learning how to resolve

grievances and other problems on the job.

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By 1971, I was elected to be the Vice-President for the Casework Chapter and, in 1974, I became the Bronx Organizer for the entire local.  In 1979, I was asked, as the union’s

Director of Organizing, to try and help the Analysts gain union status.

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I took the task seriously and took the test and became an Analyst myself to help the process. By 1983, my union, and five others, had despaired of winning the fight and so I was out of a job. I was, however, elected to lead the Analysts of OSA in 1985. That April, we won our first collective bargaining election at the Board of Education.

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By 1989, we were up to 675 members and, by 1992, over 3,000. We currently represent over 5,000 active workers and 3,000 retirees for Welfare Fund purposes. 

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None of this would have occurred without the trust we have shown each other and I personally am grateful for that trust.

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I am deeply appreciative of the fine men and women who built the union, made it strong and kept it growing. I admit to a feeling of pride when I get to say, by way of introduction at a gathering of labor unions, “Bob Croghan, for the Analysts.”

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We represent far more than just the Analysts today, but we keep the original name to honor those who went before us.  

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I do not ask you to vote for our slate because of what we have done together; I ask you to vote for us because, as my father’s union said to him, “the best is yet to come.”

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